The gallon and bushel contain --
224 and 1792 cubic inches, according to the standard wine
gallon preserved at Guildhall.
231 and 1848, according to the statute of 5th of Anne.
264.8 and 2118.4, according to the ancient Rumford quart, of
1228, examined by the committee.
265.5 and 2124, according to three standard bushels preserved
in the Exchequer, to wit: one of Henry VII., without a rim; one dated
1091, supposed for 1591, or 1601, and one dated 1601.
266.25 and 2130, according to the ancient Rumford gallon of
1228, examined by the committee.
268.75 and 2150, according to the Winchester bushel, as
declared by statute 13, 14, William III., which has been the model
for some of the grain States.
271, less 2 spoonfuls, and 2168, less 16 spoonfuls, according
to a standard gallon of Henry VII., and another dated 1601, marked E.
E., both in the Exchequer.
271 and 2168, according to a standard gallon in the Exchequer,
dated 1601, marked E., and called the corn gallon.
272 and 2176, according to the three standard corn gallons last
mentioned, as measured in 1688, by an artist for the Commissioners of
the Excise, generally used in the seaport towns, and by mercantile
people, and thence introduced into some of the grain States.
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